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Unit 6 Section A How to Prepare for Earthquakes I. Pre-reading Activities i. Related Event The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (simplified Chinese: 四川大地震; or Great Sichuan Earthquake, The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.0 Ms according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and 7.9?Mw according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 80?km west/northwest of the provincial capital city of Chengdu, with its main tremor occurring at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC), on Monday May 12, 2008. Official figures (as of July 6, 2008 12:00?CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,340 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8?million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11?million. It is the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000?people. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. ii. Related Information the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster: At 5:46:51 AM, on January 17, 1995, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred around Kobe City in Japan. The earthquake magnitude was defined by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The earthquake was named “the 1995 South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake” (or the 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake) by JMA. It was also referred to as “the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster” by the Japanese government. 1995 年1月17日清晨5点46分51秒，日本科博市附近发生了7.2级大地震。这次地震的级别是由日本气象局（JMA）测定出来的。JMA把这次地震命名为“1995南尤构县大地震”。它也被日本政府称为“汉山地震大灾难”。ew Words and Expressions 1. forecast: (1) vt. 预报，预测 (2) n. 预报，预测(1)The newspapers forecast that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true. 报纸预测民主党人在这次大选中将被彻底击败,结果变成了事实。(2) Hurricane has been forecast for tomorrow afternoon. 天气预报说明天下午有飓风。2. detect: vt. 察觉，发现；探测The dentist could detect no sign of decay in her teeth. 牙医在她的牙齿上找不到蛀蚀的迹象。相关词语 detectio